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, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of

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Eriochloa acuminata ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' – tapertip cupgrass - Mexico, southern USA (from CA to MD + FL), northern Argentina * '' Eriochloa aristata'' – bearded cupgrass - Mexico, USA ( AZ, CA, MS) * ''

Eriochloa australiensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

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* '' Eriochloa boliviensis'' - Bolivia * '' Eriochloa boxiana'' - Mexico, Central America,

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Eriochloa contracta ''Eriochloa contracta'' is a species of grass known by the common name prairie cupgrass. It is native to the central United States and it is naturalized in areas to the east and west, where it is often a weed, especially in moist areas. This annu ...

'' – prairie cupgrass - Mexico, USA (from CA to FL to MN),

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Eriochloa crebra ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

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* '' Eriochloa distachya'' - Central + South America * ''

Eriochloa fatmensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' – tropical cupgrass - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula * ''

Eriochloa grandiflora ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

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* '' Eriochloa lemmonii'' – canyon cupgrass - USA ( AZ, NM), northern + central Mexico * '' Eriochloa macclounii'' - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana * '' Eriochloa meyeriana'' - sub-Saharan Africa,

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* '' Eriochloa michauxii'' – long-leaved cupgrass - USA ( AL FL GA SC) * '' Eriochloa montevidensis'' - Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador * ''

Eriochloa nana ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' - Argentina (

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) * '' Eriochloa nelsonii'' - Mexico, Central America * ''

Eriochloa pacifica ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminat ...

'' - Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos * '' Eriochloa parvispiculata'' - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi,

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* '' Eriochloa peruviana'' - Peru, Ecuador * ''

Eriochloa polystachya ''Eriochloa polystachya'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common name Caribbean cupgrass. It is native to the West Indies, Costa Rica, Honduras, South America, Florida and Texas.Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

, Central America, West Indies, northern South America * '' Eriochloa procera'' -

, New Guinea, southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, East Africa * '' Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha'' -

* '' Eriochloa punctata'' – Louisiana cupgrass - Central America, West Indies, South America, Mexico, USA ( TX LA GA MD) * ''

Eriochloa rovumensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Tanzania, Mozambique * ''

Eriochloa sericea ''Eriochloa sericea'' is a species of grass known by the common name Texas cupgrass. It is native to Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas in the United States and to northern Mexico.TX OK KS),

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* '' Eriochloa setosa'' - Cuba * '' Eriochloa stapfiana'' - Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini,

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Eriochloa stevensii ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru * ''

Eriochloa subulifera ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminat ...

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, Madagascar * '' Eriochloa succincta'' - southern European Russia, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan * ''

Eriochloa tridentata ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina * ''

Eriochloa villosa ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' – hairy cupgrass - Russia (

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), China incl Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Japan incl Ryukyu Is * ''

Eriochloa weberbaueri ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' - Peru, Ecuador ; formerly included see ''

Ancistrachne ''Ancistrachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesBlake, Stanley Thatcher 1941. Papers from the Department of Biology, University of Queensland Papers 1(19): 4-6 * ''Ancistrachne ancylotricha'' (Quisumb. & Merr.) S.T.Blake - ...

Axonopus ''Axonopus'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as carpet grass. They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas with one species in tropical Africa and another on Easter Island. They are ...

Brachiaria ''Urochloa'', commonly known as signalgrass,''Urochloa''.
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Panicum ''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 250 species of Poaceae, grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, Annual plant, annual or P ...

Paspalum ''Paspalum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The group is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall per ...

Tricholaena ''Tricholaena'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Tricholaena capensis'' (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province * '' Tricholaena monachne'' (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hu ...

Urochloa ''Urochloa'', commonly known as signalgrass,''Urochloa''.
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